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M. E. ZELLER.

GAG RUNNER.

Patented Oot. 24, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELANCTHON E. ZELLER, OF BLUFFTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO O. B. NORTH 86 CO.,OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

GAG-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,575, dated October24, 1882.

Application .filed August 28, 1882.

, 15 This invention relates to an improvement in the article ofsaddlery-hardware commonly called ga-g-runner-that is to say, the eyewhich is attached tothe head-strap and through which the check-reinruns; and it consists in zo the eye constructed with a loop at its upperend, the upper bar of that loop provided with a tongue turning outwardand upward, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the e) e, which may be of any z5 of the usual shapes. Atits upper end is a loop, B, in width corresponding to the width ofthehead-strap, and in height so as to permit the strap to be passed freelythrough it. Upon (No model.)

the upper bar, a, and at its center, is a tongue or support, b. Thissupport extends outward 3o from the loop equal to the thickness ot' thehead -strap, and is then turned upward, as shown. 'lhis completes thearticle. It is applied as seen in Fig. 2. The head-strap is passedoutside the tongue b, and thence down 55 through the loop and back ofthe eye until at the required position. Then the tongue is passedthrough a perforation in the strap, which holds it tirinly in its place,but permits it to be easily adjusted or removed should occasion re- 4oquire.

I do not claim' broadly a gagrunner provided with a tongue forengagement with one ot' the holes in the headstrap, as such, I am aware,is not new; but 45 Vhat I do claim is- As an article of manufacture, theherein-described gagrunner, consisting of the eye A, constructed withthe loop B at its upper end, and with the hook-shaped tongue b,extending 5o outward and upward from the upper bar of the loop,substantially as described.

MELANCTHON E. ZELLER.

Witnesses:

J. 1;l. PATTERSON, H. N. GRONINGER.

